The treaty must not exceed _____ years' duration, except the clauses relating to boundary and the navigation of the Mississippi, which must be perpetual and final.

Gentlemen of the Senate, I submit to your consideration the report of the Secretary of State.

It is proposed to add as follows: On the former conferences on the navigation of the Mississippi.

Commercial arrangements, if acceptable in themselves, will not be the less so if coupled with those relating to navigation and boundary.

Knowing the friendly interest you take in whatever may promote the happiness and prosperity of the French nation.

I lay before you a copy of a return of the number of inhabitants in the district of South Carolina as made to me by the marshal thereof.

That the sum to be paid annually by the United States to the Cherokee Nation of Indians in consideration of the relinquishment of lands shall be $1,500 instead of $1,000 mentioned in the said treaty.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: I lay before you a copy of an exemplified copy of an act of the legislature of Vermont, ratifying on behalf of that State the articles of amendment proposed by Congress to the Constitution of the United States together with a copy of a letter which accompanied said ratification.

Let us therefore cherish the spirit of peace and harmony, and encourage industry, economy, and sobriety.

It is with great concern that I communicate to you the information received from Major-General St. Clair of the misfortune which has befallen the troops under his command.

Although the national loss is considerable according to the scale of the event, yet it may be repaired without great difficulty.

Excepting as to the brave men who have fallen on the occasion, and who are a subject of public as well as private regret.

I received yesterday from the judge of the district of South Carolina a letter,...

In vain may we expect peace with the Indians on our frontiers so long as a lawless set of unprincipled wretches can violate the rights of hospitality, or infringe the most solemn treaties, without receiving the punishment they so justly merit.

The safety of the United States under divine protection ought to rest on the basis of systematic and solid arrangements, exposed as little as possible to the hazards of fortuitous circumstances.

Measures have been taken pursuant to that resolution for procuring some of the most necessary artists, together with the requisite apparatus.

The powers specially vested in me by the act laying certain duties on distilled spirits, which respect the subdivisions of the districts into surveys, the appointment of officers, and the assignment of compensations, have likewise carried into effect.

I therefore required your attendance to receive nominations of the several officers necessary to put the Federal Government into motion in that State.